Open AccessEarly Antibiotic Use After Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Increases Risk of Treatment Failure
Author(s) -
Jessica R. Allegretti,
Dina Kao,
Jessica Sitko,
Monika Fischer,
Zain Kassam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix684
Subject(s) - fecal bacteriotherapy , medicine , antibiotics , feces , transplantation , intensive care medicine , clostridium difficile , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antibiotic use within the first 8 weeks after fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) may disrupt microbial engraftment and limit FMT effectiveness. We aimed to assess the burden of antibiotic use within 8 weeks of FMT and its impact on FMT efficacy.
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